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Saveitforparts Checks out the Discovery Dish
Over on his YouTube channel 'saveitforparts,' Gabe has uploaded a video checking out and reviewing our Discovery Dish product that we successfully crowd-funded on CrowdSupply back in December 2023....
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TechMinds: Building an Automated NavTex Receiver using a Raspberry Pi and...
Over on the TechMinds YouTube channel, Matt has uploaded a video tutorial showing how to create an automated NavTex receiver using a Raspberry Pi and an SDRplay software- defined radio. NavTex is a...
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Saveitforparts: Receiving Military DMSP Satellite Data with a Hacked TV Dish
Over on the saveitforparts YouTube channel, Gabe has uploaded a video showing how he uses a hacked TV satellite dish to receive satellite weather data from Defense Meteoroloogical Satellite Program...
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A Review of the Discovery Dish for Inmarsat Reception
Over on the Airframes Community forum, user 'thebaldgeek' has posted a review of our Discovery Dish product. If you weren't already aware, the Discovery Dish is an easy-to-set-up and use backyard dish...
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Creating a Software Defined Radio from Tiny Tapeout Chips
Tiny Tapeout is a project that allows anyone to design and fabricate custom open ASIC silicon at a low cost by combining hundreds of projects from different people on the same chip. Each design on the...
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Skies-ADSB Updated to V2.0.3
Back in 2022, we first posted about the release of skies-adsb, a browser-based app that uses ADS-B data from an RTL-SDR to provide a 3D view of the air traffic around your area. Recently skies-adsb has...
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Saveitforparts: Listening in on Russian Soldiers Hijacking US Military...
Over on the saveitforparts YouTube channel, Gabe has uploaded a video showing how he uses WebSDR streams to show how Russians, including Russian soldiers, are using old US Military satellites for...
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ESPARGOS: An ESP32 Phased Array for Seeing WiFi
Recently, Florian Euchner, a research assistant at the Institute of Telecommunications at the University of Stuttgart, has released information about a project called ESPARGOS that he has been working...
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A 3D Printed V-Dipole Guide for the RTL-SDR Blog Dipole Kit
Thank you to Denis for submitting his 3D printable V-dipole guide for our RTL-SDR Blog Dipole Antenna set. The guide holes the dipole at a 120-degree V-shape angle, which is ideal for receiving...
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Khanfar Spectrum Analyzer: Signal Analysis Tools for the RTL-SDR
Thank you to M. Khanfar for submitting news about the release of his new spectrum analyzer, sweeper, and FM Radio demodulator tools for the RTL-SDR. The tools are freely released, however, they do not...
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TechMinds: Building a DIY Standalone SDR with a Raspberry Pi, 5-Inch...
Over on the TechMinds YouTube channel, Matt has uploaded a video showing how he created a DIY standalone SDR using an Elecrow 5-inch touchscreen display, Raspberry Pi 5 and an SDRplay RSPdx. The...
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A Handheld Cyberdeck with RTL-SDR
Over on his YouTube channel and Hackaday.io blog page, Nicholas LaBonte has shown his "Cyberdeck Handheld" which is a portable computer consisting of a Raspberry Pi 5, LCD screen, custom CNC'd...
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An RTL-SDR/LoRa/GPS/RTC/USB-Hub Extension Board for the uConsole
The uConsole is a handheld computing device developed by ClockworkdPi that costs US$189. Its computing power is based on a Raspberry Pi Compute Module 4, but other CPU options are also available. The...
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Creating a Drone Based Synthetic Aperture Radar
Synthetic Aperture Radar (SAR) is a technique that can generate high-resolution imagery through the use of radar microwaves on a moving platform. Placing the radar system on a moving platform allows...
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calcRadio: A Casio FX-CG20 Calculator Front End Interface for RTL-SDR
In the past, RTL-SDR.COM reader JJ has shared with us his LegoPi project, which demonstrated a clever way to enclose a self-contained RTL-SDR build, as well as his multi-feature living room radio...
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TechMinds: Building a Portable ADS-B Aircraft Tracker and VHF Airband Radio...
Over on the TechMinds YouTube channel, Matt has uploaded a video demonstrating a portable ADS-B aircraft tracker with VHF airband radio reception as well. The build consists of a 7-inch screen,...
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RTL-SDR Jamming Detector Software
Over on GitHub, Alejandro Martín has recently released his open-source 'rtl-sdr-analyzer' software, which is an RTL-SDR-based signal analyzer and automatic jamming detector. The software is based on...
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Khanfar Direction Finder: RTL-SDR and Directional Antenna Based Direction...
Recently, on Feb 21, we posted news about the release of some spectrum analysis and FM demodulator software from M. Khanfar. Now he has just released his latest software "Khanfar Direction Finder"...
View ArticleA Registry Hack to Stop Windows 11 Replacing the WinUSB Driver Installed via...
Thank you to Paul Sudduth who submitted a registry hack he's found to stop Windows 11 from overwriting the WinUSB drivers installed by Zadig during each automatic update. Windows overwriting the WinUSB...
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TechMinds: Using your RTL-SDR Locally with Just a Web Browser
In the latest video on the TechMinds YouTube channel, Matt shows how an RTL-SDR can be used with a browser-based RTL-SDR web app at https://radio.ea1iti.es. We've featured EA1ITI's RTL-SDR web app a...
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